Machine fok stuffing house-collars



AIS A' OFFC.

LEVI PLONK, OF NEV'ION, SOUTH CAROLINA.

MACHINE FOR STUFFING HORSE-COLLARS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 20,816, dated July 6, 1858.

To all vwhom 'it may concern.' tened to the ends of the cross piece c; a strap Be it known that I, LEVI PLONK, of Newa, is secured to the center of the cross piece ton, in the county of Catawba and State of c, and passing over pulley 0, and carries at North Carolina, have invented certain new its lower end a weight L. Thus it will be 60 and useful Improvements in Machines for seen that as the feed rod E, is pushed up- Stufling HorseLCollars; and I do hereby deward, the rails H, move also upward and Clare that the following is a full, clear, and lthe straw feeders al, are drawn forward by exact description of the construction and t-he cords 7c, and when the feed rod E, is operation of the same, reference being had pulled down the weight L, causes the 65 10 to the accompanying drawings, making part feeders to return and aid in drawing down of this specification, in whichthe gate that carries the stufling rod. The Figure l, represents a perspective View of feeders CZ, are provided at their forward said machine. Fig. 2, represents a longituends with metal projecting points p, which dinal vertical section through the same. Fig. push the straw before them on the forward 70 3, represents a detached view of the apparamotion of the feeders, while their inclined tus for conveying the straw to the stuffing upper edges permit them to pass under the rod. straw when the feeders recede without de- To enable others skilled in the art to malte ranging the same. and use my invention I will proceed to deg and r, represent two flexible pieces of-75 scribe its constructioin and operation. met-al, which are fastened respectively, one A, represents the frame of the machine to the curved brace S, and the other to the which is supported by the legs B, which are forward end of the piece g. By means of of such a length as to place the frame in an these elastic pieces and the guards t and u inclined position of about 450. (Fig. 1,) the straw is guided during its for- 80 O represents a cross-head which is made ward motion to the funnel N, into which it to slide on the ways D, of the frame A; to is forced by the feed rod E; the blade 1, this cross head the feed rod E, is secured by prevents the straw from falling from the means of a small iron clamp a; the lower front edge of table K, while the blade g, repart of the feed rod passes through the tains the straw when it is pushed forward 85 cross brace F, which serves to guide it in by the feeders d. The funnel N, rests loosely its reciprocating motion. on the cross piece O, and is held down by G, is a connecting rod which passes means of the hinged clamps P, which are through the eye on the upper end of the pressed down by means of a treadle Q, which feed rod and by means of which, said feed is suspended to rod fv,` the upper and hook 90 rod is operated. H, represents two rails shaped end of said rod hanging in a correwhich at their upper ends are secured to the spending eye of the clamp P. The treadle cross piece I, the rollers b, of the rails H, Q, can be -secured in any desired position rest on the frame A, while the cross piece I, by means of its plate m, falling in between rests against the upper end of t-he feed rod the teeth of the ratchet plate R, as seen at 95 E; the parts H, and I, thus form a frame Fig. 2.

or gate which rests on the inclined frame S, represents an inclined board which work of the machine, and which as the feed rests on the frame of the machine and rod is moved up or down freely plays in the which serves to support the collar during same direction. the operation of stuing. 100 K, represents a horizontal table which is T, is a lever which is hinged to the frame secured to the frame work; on this table is at e, and which can be pressed down upon arranged the straw conveying apparatus the collar to hold it firmly during the stuifwhich is composed of the pieces c and d, ing operation; it is connected to the treadle which move freely over the table K, by U by means of a rod y, and said treadle can 105 means of the friction rollers it, and which be secured to any desired position by an arare guided horizontally and vertically in rangement similar to that described in reftheir motion by means of t-he guide books erence to the treadle G. f g, z'. The operation of the machine is as follc, 7c, represent two cords which are faslows: The clamps P, are raised and the fun- 110 tened to the lower ends of the rails H, and nel N, is inserted into the open end of the thence passing over the pulleys m, are fashorse collar, and both are placed in their respective recess or cross piece O; the clamps P, are then turned down and pressed down by means of treadle Q, thereby holding rmly the funnel, and the open end of the collar and the collar is placed upon board S, and secured thereto by clamp T. A suitable quantity of straw being placed upon the table K, the feed rod E is moved up and down by means of the rod Gr, and the straw is forced into the funnel N, and consequently into the collar while at the same time the conveyers d, carry a sufficient quantity of straw within the reach of the end of the feed rod to keep up a constant supply during the operation.

Having thus fully described the nature of scribed.

LEVI PLONK. Witnesses:

HENRY CLINE, O. CAMPBELL. 

